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Commodore Free Magazine
http://www.commodorefree.com/
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Issue 88

Free to download magazine
dedicated to Commodore computers
Available as PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML,
TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image


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CONTENTS
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* Editorial
* General News
- ASM80 Update
- Floppy Disks
- Homebuilt MOS 6502 Laptop
- The Games-Coffer Website
- Cassiopei Firmware Update
- TAP Manager 1.0.2
- Raspberry Pi SID player
- RECOIL 3.2.0 Released
- Jakadapter v2.1
* C64 News
- Gamebase 64 Update To v13
- Commodore C64C Molds Found
- F1 Race - Released For The C64
- GB2SD Application
- Sidplay64 V0.9
- Ultima IV Remastered
- CC65 Game Files
- Reset #06 PDF Released
- Bruce Lee II Released
- DurexForth V1.32 Released
- Trance Sector Ultimate Released
- ptap v0.37
- JiffyDOS Mod for Dolphin Kernal
- Commando Arcade Updates
- D64 Editor 0.034
- Diskcipher
- JSIDDevice 3.5
- CheeseCutter v2.7.1
- Colour Confusion
- Snatch McBlagger Released
- S-F-S [SEUCK]
- Where to Get Loadstar
- Game Corner Q4/2014 [PAL/NTSC]
- VChar64 Released
- Sidplayer Channel YouTube
- Scene World Issue 24 Released
- GoatTracker/Mac 2.73
- Relaunch64 V3.3.2
- Shoot or Die [SEUCK]
* VIC 20 News
- VIC Listings Finds New Home
- Bluetooth Speech Synthesis
- Scrap Yard Scrapes
- Knossoss
- VIC 20 Listings Website Released
* C16 and Plus/4 News
- Directory Browser V1.0
- Club Info 137
* PET News
- TPUG Archive Updates
- Not enough PET News
* Amiga News
- Portable Amiga A1200
- Amiga 1000 Velvet Rev.03
- Quartet - Girlfriend
- Amiga Future Issue 113 Released
- Swamp Defense 2 - AmigaOS 4
- Ryœ MKII adapter
- Abbaye des Morts - AROS
- Best Amiga Games From 2014
- Amiga 30th Anniversary
- Hollywood AIFF and PCX Plugins
- New Articles on Obligement
- New External Floppy Drives
- Hatari v1.8.0 - AmigaOS 4
- A-EON Technology Acquires OctaMED
- AMIcast - First Episode
- AmiKit on Bootable Flash Disk.
- Bounty to Port QT 5.4 to AROS
- Icaros Desktop 2.0.3
* Review: The Music System
* Interview With Paul Gardner-Stephen
* Review: Boxing - For the PET
* Review: Sopwiths And Pterrordons
* Programming In BASIC
* Review: Down
* Computing History With Commodore
* Setting Up a New E-Bay Amiga 1200

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EDITOR
Nigel Parker

SPELL CHECKING
Peter Badrick

TXT, HTML & E-BOOKS
Paul Davis

D64 DISK IMAGE
Al Jackson

PDF DESIGN
Nigel Parker

CONTRIBUTORS
Lenard R. Roach
Mr NOP
Bartosz Debski

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EDITORIAL
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It is with sadness that I start to write this issue, as Bert has decided he
can no longer devote time to Commodore Free, due to his many projects. So sadly I am again looking for a Spell checker / Proof reader for the
magazine. I would like to thank Bert for his commitment while working with
the Commodore Free team, and an insight into his many projects he let me
have, all very worth while and Commodore related. I and the team would
like to wish him all the best and of course he is welcome back at anytime, should he wish to return.

So with Eurovision over and the hype now died down for another year; its
time to look at what is in this issue of Commodore Free and see what
goodies we have in store for you dear reader.

Well as usual it's starting with the news then, we have a Review of "Down"
for the unexpanded Vic 20, "Boxing" review for the Commodore pet (yep I
jest you not, an actual boxing game) Bartosz Debski tell us how to setup
our new Amiga 1200 and Lenard R. Roach writes about Programming In BASIC
as he calls it "A Root Canal With No Aesthetic" sounds a bit painful to me.

Commodore Free interview Paul Gardner-Stephen from the Mega65 project, and
I know what your thinking; could this mean we finally see the Commodore65 computer appear, well you need to read the interview to find out more. MR
NOP shares computing history related to commodore with us (a really good
read with some eye opening thought provoking comments) yours truly has a
review of The Music System and The Advanced Music System. And finally we
have a review of Sopwiths and Pterrordons a SEUCK game for the commodore
64.

As usual thanks for reading and feedback is always welcomed (good or bad)

Thanks to everyone who commented on the last issue

Best regards
Nigel
www.commodorefree.com



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GENERAL NEWS
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ASM80 UPDATE
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From: Martin Malý
To: commodorefree@commodorefree.com
Subject: Commodore Free Issue 86 -
thanks for a mention

Hi Nigel,

I'd like to say a big THANKS for mentioning my ASM80 in the last issue of Commodore Free. That's great and I didn't expect it.

I have to say I'm a "Sinclair guy" since 1986. I grew in Czechoslovakia,
and there dominated two brands: Sinclair and Atari, only few persons had
8bit Commodores (later in 90's Amiga's were really common here). I bought
my first real C64 last year, but I am enchanted with all these books,
manuals, tutorials, documents, magazines, and needles to say: I am
fascinating that there is a Commodore magazine in 2015 with fresh news, not rigid and sectarian as I remember all that Sinclair magazines here. I have read all your issues from 1 to 85 during my vacation this December. :)
Great job, guys!

ASM80 is a hobby project, I write it for one and a half year now and it
moves forward very slowly, but there are some waypoints I want to achieve.
And some of them are related with 6502 and/or Commodore. I'm testing now a tiny module to generate .PRG files directly from assembler (linked with
BASIC "SYS" stub). The next one is a sprite editor, and the last (and
biggest) goal is to make a C64 JavaScript emulator, seamlessly integrated together with an assembler and debugger into my IDE. Thanks to web
technology lying behind I can very easily make a desktop version (named
IDE80, www.ide80.com/). So I'll keep you informed about new
Commodore-related functions.

Thank you for the mention and for the Commodore Free.

Regards,
Martin

COMMODORE FREE: OK you now have
another mention!

www.asm80.com/



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FLOPPY DISKS
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Someone emailed me after a forum comment about floppy disks for Commodore machines.

Any way they said the user (don't have his name) was Googling and found
Athana

www.athana.com/



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HOMEBUILT MOS 6502 LAPTOP
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Dirk Grappendorf has created a laptop built based on a MOS 6502. The properties of his creation are: 6502 processor, VIA's 6522, SID, 32 Kbytes
of RAM, 32 Kbytes EEPROM, battery, 4 lines / 40 character LCD screen, Customized USB keyboard, BASIC interpreter and a 3D printed case.

www.grappendorf.net/projects/6502-home-computer



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THE GAMES-COFFER WEBSITE
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Games Coffer is a web site with games, demos, animations, slide shows, disk magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, descriptions and find ad scans for the Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga Machines. New games recently added: Bomb Sweeper, Funtris, Monsters of Terror, Shufflerun, Snacky Foils, Snail Race
and Time Bomb. And there is now a C64 screenshot quiz available.

www.gamescoffer.co.uk/



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CASSIOPEI FIRMWARE UPDATE
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Jan Derogee has released a new firmware version for his Cassiopei.

In his own words Jan says "The Cassiopei, is a cassetteport based device.
It can load .PRG files 50 times faster then the standard tape protocol and
more importantly it can work on all 8-bit cassetteport equipped Commodore computers. Ranging from the PET series to the C128. The Cassiopei looks
more like a cartridge then a tape device and that is exactly how you should
see it. As tape is slow and not user friendly while the Cassiopei IS fast
AND user friendly. Once properly configured along with the proper files
and programs, you plug it in, type load on your CBM and press the menu
button. The menu is loaded and shows you all available programs on the
device, simply choose one from that menu and it starts automatically, very easy. No fast forward, rewind or those annoying load errors."

The changes in this version are: A file filter so for example with a
VIC-20 files only for the VIC-20 visible. It is now possible to adapt the Cassiopei to the computer model without using the Cassiopei manager and the user guide has been updated.

jderogee.tripod.com/projects/Cassiopei/Cassiopei.htm



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TAP MANAGER 1.0.2
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On the MANOSOFT website "Hawui1" has created a TAP Manager applications
that allows to split/merge TAP files and create index files for the TAP MANOSOFT SAYS "It's possible to jump to any of the programs contained in
the TAP instantly."

The program works with any working TAP file. The program is distributed as DONATIONWARE so it can be used free of charge but the Author retains full Copyright and can't be sold on or reverse engineered

Read more here

www.manosoft.it/?page_id=1050



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RASPBERRY PI SID PLAYER
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The Raspberry Pi SID player is a device which allows you to play music from
the Commodore 64 computer using original audio hardware (the "SID" chip) through the Raspberry Pi. In addition to supporting the vast library of classic game music from the Commodore 64, this player also supports the playback of homebrew Commodore 64 music.

www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~robertsz/projects/SID/index.html



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RECOIL 3.2.0 RELEASED
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RECOIL is a viewer of images in the original formats of Amiga, Atari 8-bit Atari Portfolio, Atari ST, Atari Falcon, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum computers. The program is available for Android, Windows and Linux or as a plug-in for XnView, Imagine or Paint.NET. New in this version: Amiga:
INFO, Amstrad CPC: SCR HGB, FNT, Apple II: SHC, DHR, SHR, Atari 8-bit:
RYS, HCl, MCPP, Atari ST / STE: DUO / DO1, DO2, PL4 BBC Micro: BB0, BB1,
BB2, BB4, BB5, BBG, Commodore 16: P4i, Commodore 64: A64 / WIG, MSX SCA,
SCC, SRS, PC: EPA, MSP and ZX81 P.

recoil.sourceforge.net/html5recoil.html



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JAKADAPTER V2.1
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Jakadapter can connect two Atari-style joysticks via USB. This new version
has the following changes: Both ports now have 8 configurable pins, for
better support for different joysticks and paddles. The firmware can be upgraded via a boot loader for future firmware changes.

kair.us/projects/jakadapter/index.html

FEATURES

* Supports two Atari / C64 / Amiga etc. digital joysticks simultaneously

* Full-speed USB with up to 1000 Hz update speed (*)

* Supports paddles on both ports

* Supports SMS, Megadrive 3- and 6-button gamepads on both ports

* Works in Windows, Linux, Mac (standard HID game controller, no drivers needed)

* Upgradeable FW (Microchip compatible HID bootloader)

* Detects controller type automatically



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C64 NEWS
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GAMEBASE 64 UPDATE TO V13
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The team behind Game Base 64 have released a new update. The total number
of games is now more than 24,800 items, 350 more than the previous version. GB64 is as website setup to preserve all software that has been created for
the Commodore 64 computer.

www.gb64.com/


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COMMODORE C64C MOLDS FOUND
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Dallas Moore has discovery in an old warehouse, the original molds for the housing of the Commodore 64C during a closing down sale. He bought the
molds, approximately 2500 kg, and plans to produce new plastic cases for
the Commodore C64c.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/1670214687/original-commodore-64c-computer-ho using-in-new-coo

Also you may like

Brand-new coloured keycaps for your Commodore C64

www.indiegogo.com/projects/brand-new-colored-keycaps-for-your-commodore-c6
4--2


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F1 RACE - RELEASED FOR THE C64
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Jörg Heyltjes (DataLand) has released a car racing game like a slot racing
game style for 1 or 2 players.

There are eight different circuits, 2 different engine noises, a CPU
driver, various game settings and support for a foot pedal.

csdb.dk/release/?id=136990


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GB2SD APPLICATION
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The current version supports v13, Of GameBase 64 but it might work on
higher versions. The Goal is to extract all games from your local GameBase collection to another location so you can put it for example on an SD card
to be used with an SD2IEC card or an Ultimate 1541 cartridge. The files
will be extracted with their FULL NAME! You will need to have the GameBase Frontend and database installed on your machine. They can be obtained from www.gb64.com

Next to that you can also automatically download all games from for example
the latif server. You can also update an existing collection using the
merge option.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

* Windows XP or higher

* .NET Framework 4 or .NET Framework 4 Client Profile

* The Gamebase Frontend

* GB64 v09 or higher database

* The "Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable" as the
DAO technology was dropped from version 1.1 in favour of ADO.

nonax.nl/home/gb2sd.html


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SIDPLAY64 V0.9
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SIDplay64 is a program that can playback .SID files found in the HVSC collection (hvsc.c64.org/) on a real Commodore 64/128.

Make sure you have the most recent HVSC version for your SID files.

It was designed for both PAL and NTSC computers, and will play all SID
songs at correct system speed.

csdb.dk/release/?id=136435


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ULTIMA IV REMASTERED
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A Remastered port of Ultima IV for the C64 has been released.

The website has documentation to download and the source code for the remastered version, the version features graphics and text upgrades amongst
the various bug fixes



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